Anonymous wrote:Whether you bring your own mug or tumbler, or ask for a "for here" cup... Please consider foregoing that plastic-lined paper cup sometimes.

Better for your health, better for the planet. Just a simple change we can make on a daily basis to make things a little better!

Starbucks allows this.

"Yes, customers can bring their own clean cup to Starbucks for most orders, and there are a few ways to do so:
In-store
When ordering, tell the barista you're bringing your own cup and hand it over.
Drive-thru
Order your drink as usual, let the barista know you're bringing your own cup, and hand it over at the pickup window. The barista will use a contactless vessel to return your drink.
Starbucks app
When ordering, select Customization, then Personal Cup, and continue ordering. At the pickup area, hand your clean cup to the barista without the lid, and they'll return your drink in a contactless vessel.

Customers who bring their own cup receive a 10-cent discount on their beverage, and Starbucks Rewards members receive 25 bonus stars.

Starbucks is encouraging customers to bring their own cups to reduce single-use waste and support its goal of reducing waste by 50% by 2030. However, licensed locations, such as those in grocery stores, may not participate."

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Anonymous wrote:The whole premise of this post is wrong.

It should be "please think about how stupid you look buying a $5 drip coffee when Starbucks sells their shitty beans in every grocery store. Consider spending 20 seconds in the morning making your shitty Starbucks at home and saving thousands of dollars every year."

Here’s another premise, your opinion doesn’t matter to anyone.

Awww did I hold up a mirror to your stupid behavior?

No sweetie. But your opinion is still useless

Again, are you looking in the mirror?

Not the quoted poster but what mirror are you talking about? Also what bad behavior?

I win this thread because I always make my own coffee at home.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it the sanctimony of posting unasked for advice that people don’t like? Because other than that, what possible legitimate objection do people have to what OP said? S/he is right! People talking about “dirty reusable cups” are either completely clueless about how the world works or the type of people who think buying a house rather than building it means you’re living in a “used” house. In which case, disposable cups are the least of the environmental concerns.

This is OP, revisiting this thread. One (or more?) other PPs have been antagonizing people here. It's not me calling people stupid! I just posted a friendly PSA meant as a heads up/suggestion. Not trying to pick fights. I'm also not the Halloween poster, whatever that means.

Don't worry OP. These are also the same people who would never vote for Trump and his policies (I'm a never Trumoer too) but when you actually ask them to walk the walk and consider the environment they pitch a hissy fit like 2-year-olds. Such hypocrites.

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Anonymous wrote:Whether you bring your own mug or tumbler, or ask for a "for here" cup... Please consider foregoing that plastic-lined paper cup sometimes.

Better for your health, better for the planet. Just a simple change we can make on a daily basis to make things a little better!

Its a nice idea. Better for your health - I am not sure about that. Better for the planet - nah, even if every single person in DC used a reusable cup, it will not cancel out massive amounts of pollution, waste, etc being generated.

No, but it would keep millions of plastic lined cups out of the dump. That's not nothing.

Anonymous wrote:Is it the sanctimony of posting unasked for advice that people don’t like? Because other than that, what possible legitimate objection do people have to what OP said? S/he is right! People talking about “dirty reusable cups” are either completely clueless about how the world works or the type of people who think buying a house rather than building it means you’re living in a “used” house. In which case, disposable cups are the least of the environmental concerns.

This is OP, revisiting this thread. One (or more?) other PPs have been antagonizing people here. It's not me calling people stupid! I just posted a friendly PSA meant as a heads up/suggestion. Not trying to pick fights. I'm also not the Halloween poster, whatever that means.

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Anonymous wrote:The whole premise of this post is wrong.

It should be "please think about how stupid you look buying a $5 drip coffee when Starbucks sells their shitty beans in every grocery store. Consider spending 20 seconds in the morning making your shitty Starbucks at home and saving thousands of dollars every year."

Here’s another premise, your opinion doesn’t matter to anyone.

Awww did I hold up a mirror to your stupid behavior?

No sweetie. But your opinion is still useless

Again, are you looking in the mirror?

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Anonymous wrote:Whether you bring your own mug or tumbler, or ask for a "for here" cup... Please consider foregoing that plastic-lined paper cup sometimes.

Better for your health, better for the planet. Just a simple change we can make on a daily basis to make things a little better!

Don’t tell me what to do.

Are you a toddler? The OP says "please consider," it's not an order.

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Anonymous wrote:I am baffled by the people brazenly asserting that Starbucks doesn't do this. They literally charge you less and give you rewards points to encourage it. Many coffee shops used to do this. They stopped during COVID (understandably). Now many places in the DC area at least have brought it back.

I don’t understand the people saying reusable cups are gross. If you that is gross, you really should never eat out at all. Nor should you ever eat cereal, chocolate, or other prepackaged foods (rat hairs and insect parts are in them).

In restaurants, we do not bring our dirty plates from home and ask the restaurant to take them to the back and put our food on them. Hope you now understand.

Everything in a restaurant is not clean, and everything in someone’s home is not dirty. You sound like you have a pathology that needs addressing.

Anonymous wrote:Whether you bring your own mug or tumbler, or ask for a "for here" cup... Please consider foregoing that plastic-lined paper cup sometimes.

Better for your health, better for the planet. Just a simple change we can make on a daily basis to make things a little better!

Its a nice idea. Better for your health - I am not sure about that. Better for the planet - nah, even if every single person in DC used a reusable cup, it will not cancel out massive amounts of pollution, waste, etc being generated.

Anonymous wrote:That’s unsanitary. A coffee barista is not going to touch your dirty brought from home cup and fill it up. And I would report any coffee shop I saw doing this to the health dept.

Figure out another way to save the planet, because I not getting food poisoning from your dirty cup germs to make you feel less guilty about driving a Range Rover.

Are you mad? Tons of coffee shops do this.

Anonymous wrote:Is it the sanctimony of posting unasked for advice that people don’t like? Because other than that, what possible legitimate objection do people have to what OP said? S/he is right! People talking about “dirty reusable cups” are either completely clueless about how the world works or the type of people who think buying a house rather than building it means you’re living in a “used” house. In which case, disposable cups are the least of the environmental concerns.

FWIW, I appreciated the post. Reminded me to think about this and to try to use reusable when possible.

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Anonymous wrote:The whole premise of this post is wrong.

It should be "please think about how stupid you look buying a $5 drip coffee when Starbucks sells their shitty beans in every grocery store. Consider spending 20 seconds in the morning making your shitty Starbucks at home and saving thousands of dollars every year."

Here’s another premise, your opinion doesn’t matter to anyone.

Awww did I hold up a mirror to your stupid behavior?

No sweetie. But your opinion is still useless

Is it the sanctimony of posting unasked for advice that people don’t like? Because other than that, what possible legitimate objection do people have to what OP said? S/he is right! People talking about “dirty reusable cups” are either completely clueless about how the world works or the type of people who think buying a house rather than building it means you’re living in a “used” house. In which case, disposable cups are the least of the environmental concerns.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The whole premise of this post is wrong.

It should be "please think about how stupid you look buying a $5 drip coffee when Starbucks sells their shitty beans in every grocery store. Consider spending 20 seconds in the morning making your shitty Starbucks at home and saving thousands of dollars every year."

Here’s another premise, your opinion doesn’t matter to anyone.

Awww did I hold up a mirror to your stupid behavior?